Applying Figurative Murrini

[anditsinthefish]

I had a go today and I totally lost the image. It was tiny and the edge took over.

Any tips/tutorials? The only one I found on your tube was to cover the murrini in clear... is there another way?

Sarah x

[Jolene]

A small dot of clear on the top and very gentle repeated heating/patting is the best way I have found if you are wanting a picture murrini to be flush on the surface of a bead. You could help the process along by making a small dent to apply your murrini in to (if that makes sense) so that it takes less work to get it flush.

Another thing you can do is leave them raised - spot heat where you want them to go, apply, quick flame polish and one light pat to make sure that they are properly applied, warm your bead through then garage.


Chocolate beads by kitzbitz art glass by Jolene, on Flickr

I like to bury mine under a thick layer of encasing like this


press your nose against the window 6 by kitzbitz art glass by Jolene, on Flickr

Make your core, apply your murrini, give your murrini a quick flame polish and then keep the whole bead warm behind the flame and cover the murrini tops and sides and core with generous dabs of clear glass then carefully melt the whole thing smooth. You can always go back and add more dabs of clear where you need to help the bead to round out.

Hope that helps a bit

[julieHB]

Mmm, yummy chocolates, Jolene! 

Another way is to grind your murrini into a thin slice. As we saw at the last FO that's what Claudia Trimbur-Pagel does with her eye murrini.

[Kalorlo]

Yep, with my cat ones I made ages ago, I went back and cut a bunch of them in half again to have thin slices because they were much easier to apply (I wanted them flush with the surface and only a thin encasing on top, if encased at all). Pushing them in to the hot surface of the bead so they don't stick out much when you first apply them helps too if you want that look.

(I still smudge them sometimes, though  )

[anditsinthefish]

Thanks guys, I'll give the encasing a go as I don't have to tools to cut them thin

Sarah x